What were residential schools?
History
- Immigrant language schools
- Government-funded schools that removed Indigenous children from their families to assimilate them
- Private boarding schools for the wealthy
Correct answer
Government-funded schools that removed Indigenous children from their families to assimilate them
Why
Residential schools operated for over a century and caused lasting harm. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission reported on them in 2015.
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